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Just last week, Deadpool 2‘s star and driving creative force Ryan Reynolds blew the doors of the inter webs by tweeting a look at Zazie Beetz as Domino in the upcoming sequel. Today, Reynolds tweeted out the first pictures of another hotly-anticipated Marvel character to be featured in the sequel; the popular time-displaced old soldier Cable, as played by Josh Brolin. And the photos didn’t disappoint. We all have that one, grumpy, heavily armed Uncle…

Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom will be getting his own film from Fox Studios it seems. Word from San Diego Comic Con’s Legion creator Noah Hawley is that he’s developing a Doctor Doom movie. He made the comment during his SDCC panel for FX’s Legion, which he is currently show running. This would be the fourth attempt at a Fantastic Four movie in the past 10 years. It will also be the fourth appearance of…

After effectively stealing the show in Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland returns as Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Against the odds this reboot of the franchise manages to take everything exhilarating and ebullient about Holland’s initial appearance and launch Spidey’s new adventures with heart and style. Spider-Man has long been my favorite super-hero, and I have to admit that I’ve never thought any of his cinematic exploits really captured him in…

There’s a lot to love in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, particularly if you loved the franchise’s first instalment. That initial adventure of Marvel’s cosmic reprobates was among the best the studio has produced; a hilarious, irreverent space opera that initially looked risky and weird but wound up being a weird, thrilling and hilarious surprise with a ton of heart. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits all the same buttons as that first…

Welcome to another edition of “Back Issues”, the column where I examine a character, concept or theme making waves in comics today through issues from the past. This week sees the opening of the latest film from Marvel Studios, James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the second instalment in the adventures of Marvel’s space-faring band of rascally reprobates. The first film represented Marvel taking a giant step into the cultish and more than…

Marvel Studios and Netflix have released the trailer for their upcoming miniseries Marvel’s The Defenders, which sees the sees the stars of each of their separate series, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, team to form a street-level super -team. Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter and Finn Jones reprise their leading roles from their respective series, and are joined by fellow Netflix/Marvel luminaries as Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn, Elodie Yung, Simone Missick,…

Of all the first phase Marvel Studios franchises, the Thor series has had the bumpiest road. Even with the considerable charisma of both Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as leads Thor and Loki, each instalment has struggled to come alive and thrill audiences. Part of that may be its uneasy melding of fantasy elements and more straight forward super heroics. It wasn’t confident enough to try for lofty, and possibly alienating, high fantasy, but neither…

With the release of an evocative poster, Marvel and Netflix have confirmed what until now had been mostly rumour, that “The Defenders” isn’t the only Marvel/Netflix show to look forward to later in 2017. The poster confirms that The Punisher will drop on Netflix later this year, after this summer’s super-team spectacular “The Defenders” sees its 8 episodes released on the streaming service. A series starring the Punisher was a no-brainer following Jon Bernthal’s acclaimed…

Surprising news today from Marvel Studios and Freeform, as an article in the Hollywood Reporter reports that the companies will produce a 10 episode 30 minute comedy series in 2018 called New Warriors which will feature fan-favorite character Squirrel Girl. Writer/Producer Kevin Biegel, best know for having created “Cougar Town”, is nearing a deal to write and act as show runner for New Warriors, which in the comics medium was a team of young heroes struggling to…

The social media push for Marvel’s Defenders Netflix series is beginning to ramp up. After a leaked version of a new teaser hit the internet briefly earlier today, and was shortly follow up by an official version released through Marvel’s various social media counts. The teaser, along with the accompanying text of the Tweet in which is appears, seem to reveal the release date for the first episode of the show in the time-stamp attached…